Tagged by the cool & beautiful markedasinfernal
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2) Answer the questions given by the person who tagged you and give 11 questions for the blogs you tag
Questions:
1) All books are being burned in some apocalyptic future scenario, yet you have the opportunity to save three from annihilation. Which books would you save?
the HARDEST QUESTION. off the top of my head, a book/comic called Down With Skool, which not many people know but contains all you need to know about life, my book of Catullus’ filthiest poems, and the Silm because i find it inspirational in tough times.
2) If you could turn into an animal at will, which animal would it be?
that is an AWESOME QUESTION but i only have dull responses. either a cat - housecat, lion, jaguar, bobcat, i’m not sure - or an EAGLE. maybe a hawk. something that looks majestic and regal but also is given treats, basically.
3) Your half-cousin has been kidnapped and hung off a mountain! What pieces of questing apparatus would you bring with you on your rescue mission?
i would totally go rescue my cousin under those circumstances! i hope he’d appreciate it. i’d take my iPod, a map, a knife, some elven rope, grappling hooks, and some tampons. i’m not saying this mission will be a success.
4) You suddenly lose all GPS, Internet connection, and phone signals while out hiking. All you have is a battered, fold-out map to get you back to civilisation. Could you navigate yourself back to the nearest town?
(you know i couldn’t) er, i would definitely try! it probably wouldn’t be easy or pretty, but i’d certainly give it my best shot.
the search party might eventually find my body….
5) If you could murder someone and get away with it, would you?
yes! but i take this question to mean i can murder one person - so i’d choose to kill someone whose death would benefit the most amount of people. for example, Robert Mugabe, Putin or Kim Jong-un spring to mind as obvious choices, but i’d want to make sure the murder actually had positive consequences. it would require a lot of thinking.
6) If you could live anywhere in Beleriand or Middle-earth, where would you live?
TOUGH ONE but i always loved the descriptions of Nan-tathren and its beautiful willow trees. Flowers, trees, flowing rivers, and not embroiled in some horrible conflict - it sounds perfect.
If i was living in a city, i think i’d like Alqualonde! :)
7) Can you roll your ‘r’s?
NOT AT ALL. it’s actually kinda shameful.
8) What is your favourite dinosaur, and why?
Either pterodactyls or apatosauruses! The flying squads who rode pterodactyls in Dinotopia were incredibly formative for me. i wanted to fly on a dinosaur so badly!
9) Your sworn enemy suddenly offers an appeal of truce in the middle of your war. They request that you send a small party of your warriors to meet theirs, and to set the terms of parley. Parley would stop the bloodshed, but the whole situation seems a bit dodgy. What do you do?
WELL i think i’d weigh up the options. In Maedhros’ case, it seems reasonable to assume that he suspected that Melkor’s request to a truce was a big ole trap, but Maedhros didn’t have much of a choice - they’d lost their leader (sobs over Feanor forever) and Melkor had the Silmarils, so i always assumed that the constraints of the Oath meant he literally couldn’t refuse Melkor’s offer. That he knew it might be a trap is why he went himself, and didn’t bring any brothers.
Anyway, if i was in those circumstances, I would take the chance the truce offered - but make sure i planned in case things went wrong, and had an attack ready to go the minute my enemy looked likely to do something dodgy. I’d also see if i could organise an attack on the enemy whilst they were otherwise occupied with this truce. As a History student living in central London, though, i don’t get much chance to plan or engage in battles so these ideas might be terrible.
10) Would you ever describe yourself as a “cinnamon roll too good for this world, too pure”?
NEVER but i might describe you as one <3
11) Angband, Utumno, Barad-dûr, Dol Guldur, Orthanc. Pick your lair of evil.
either Utumno or Orthanc! Orthanc’s aesthetic is so dramatic, and I think in Middle Earth i’d have gone for Saruman’s gambit - get everyone to trust you and then betray everyone whilst having fabulous hair.
Utumno just sounds like the most evil place imaginable - built of fire and ice and obsidian, with hundreds of spooky tunnels and dungeons and all the evils of the world lurking there. It’s dramatic enough for my hammy, evil little soul.
(shoutout to Angband though for gifting us that incredible ship name)
11 cool questions for some very rad people:
Of all the pets you’ve ever met, which one was the best?
If you could commission a portrait of yourself from any artist, from any time period ever, who would you choose and why?
What’s the strangest book you’ve ever read?
What is the fanciest thing you can cook? (invite me over so i can eat it)
Are you a handmaiden or a feudal lord?
The Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit films are known for their ridiculous wigs, and the Silm has people literally named for their outrageous ‘dos. Who do you think has the best hair in Middle Earth?
Who is your favourite Egyptian deity and why?
What’s the most ridiculous DVD you own? Mine is probably my very well-loved copy of Kung Fu Panda 2…
Say you are a villain - what is your evil aesthetic?
What is your favourite season: spring, summer, autumn or winter?
Tell me the worst joke you know.
Tagging: thatiswhy, allalpha, apfelgranate, ohnoitsjojo, chibijinebra, greyeilla, englishmagic, hisohiso, isia-no-basho, mrvaidya, brainboyangel, arietide and honorary tagging markedasinfernal even though i think i know some of her answers <3 <3 <3
